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Arson causes damage to South Peoria home
PEORIA, Ill. - Another Peoria home has suffered damage from a fire ruled to be arson. This one happened early Sunday morning near Westmoreland and Krause in South Peoria. Crews say when they arrived a...
Mar 26, 2023 Midwest Communications
Death toll at 26 after powerful tornado tears across Mississippi
UPDATED 3/27 4:50 A.M. SILVER CITY, Mississippi (Reuters) -Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi late on Friday, killing at least 25 people there an...
Mar 26, 2023 A vehicle sits on top of a pile of rubble after thunderstorms spawning high straight-line winds and tornadoes ripped across the state in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S., March 25, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr
1 dead, 10 injured after off-campus party shooting at WIU
MACOMB, Ill. - Police in Macomb say one person died, and another ten people were injured, after a shooting near the campus of Western Illinois University. Authorities say the shooting occurred just be...
Mar 25, 2023 Midwest Communications
College sports betting locally rises sharply in March
EAST PEORIA, Ill. - March is a busy month for betting in Illinois, but some groups and operators do have concerns. The state gaming board says in March 2022, the Par-A-Dice Casino in East Peoria broug...
Mar 25, 2023 Chad Davis / CC
Mississippi tornado and storms kill at least 23 - state officials
(Reuters) - At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured as a tornado and strong thunderstorms ripped across Mississippi late on Friday, the state's emergency management agency said, with the twi...
Mar 25, 2023 A general view shows damaged cars and structures, while emergency crews work at the scene, following a tornado in Silver City, Mississippi, U.S. March 24, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Mississippi Highway Patrol via Twitter/via REUTERS
Slight increased risk of COVID spread in Illinois
CHICAGO, Ill. - The risk of COVID-19 spread in Illinois is up slightly from a week ago. The Illinois Department of Public Health says 12 counties are at medium level of risk of spreading the virus. Th...
Mar 25, 2023
Ameren offering option to pay back past-due bills
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. - Hard economic times may cause someone to hold off on paying something that is due each month. And that may include the electric and gas bill. "Just as a normal everyday citizen, t...
Mar 25, 2023 (Ameren Illinois)
Trump holds first election rally in Waco overshadowed by legal threats
(Reuters) - Donald Trump will hold an election rally in Texas on Saturday at a site that critics say will play to his far-right supporters as he seeks to boost a presidential campaign dogged by the th...
Mar 25, 2023 FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Rivian to relocate staff to Illinois EV plant to accelerate production - WSJ
(Reuters) - Rivian Automotive Inc is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to Illinois to speed up production, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar wit...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Rivian name is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Blake//File Photo
McCarthy expects US House will pass legislation to address TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thinks lawmakers will pass bipartisan legislation to address national security worries about Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, he said on F...
Mar 24, 2023 FILE PHOTO: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) hosts a bill enrollment ceremony for legislation blocking the enactment of the Washington, DC City Council's 'Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022', in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
